Matt Damon 'finds aging appealing'

Matt Damon has described his Invictus colleagues Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman as making aging look "appealing".

The 40-year-old star, who reunites with Eastwood for upcoming drama Hereafter, revealed that the duo had managed to quell his fears about growing old.

"Clint makes the other side of the hill look pretty appealing," he explained to Contactmusic. "I was doing an interview for Invictus a year ago with Morgan Freeman and when somebody mentioned I was going to be 40, Morgan said that I was coming into the best two decades of my life.

"So to see guys that I really admire say that - and as vigorous as those guys are - it wasn't a big traumatic thing. Maybe I'm gonna freak out or something, but it hasn't happened yet."

Damon, who received an Oscar nomination for his Invictus performance, also expressed delight at having the chance to work with screen legend Eastwood once again.

He said: "I hope this is the second of ten movies with Clint. I was really happy he called. He didn't even have to give me such a wonderful script. He could have called with anything really and I would have done it."